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guillaumeb

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32. Agreed. An avalanche also starts out small and slow.
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 10:34 AM
Sep 2017

It is all about presenting the issue because, as you say, people know how bad the US system of paying for healthcare truly is.

The tax point is spot on. zentrum Sep 2017 #1
And the Insurance companies donate to politicians from both parties. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #2
Egg-zactly. nt zentrum Sep 2017 #4
That and the GOP is why it will stall leftofcool Sep 2017 #3
But if people demand loudly enough, even the deafest politicians will hear the sound. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #5
Yes! zentrum Sep 2017 #7
It will stall forever.. zentrum Sep 2017 #6
Excellent response. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #8
This will make the likelihood of de-funding the ACA likely with millions losing insurance. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #9
Pure speculation, unsupported by evidence. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #11
Not unsupported at all. After repeal and replace failed, Republicans were beginning to seriously Trust Buster Sep 2017 #14
Speculation. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #17
It is not speculation. The ACA will die without a fix. There isn't a clear majority of Dems on this Trust Buster Sep 2017 #19
What I said: guillaumeb Sep 2017 #21
Any words about what happens to the employees caught up in the private sector insurance companies? haveahart Sep 2017 #10
An argument for what exactly? guillaumeb Sep 2017 #12
They'll work zentrum Sep 2017 #15
What about the blacksmiths who lost their jobs Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #27
I think the first step is a public option within the ACA ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #13
Yes, a public option in the form of enrollment in Medicare guillaumeb Sep 2017 #16
The reason chronic renal failure got in ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #20
Excellent points. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #22
Not so fast Hoyt Sep 2017 #26
From the second link, guillaumeb Sep 2017 #30
Your earlier post was that even foreign conservatives supported of national health plans. Links show Hoyt Sep 2017 #34
I did not say "every single conservative in every country" supported single payer. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #36
The articles are about major conservative parties and candidates. You can still support single payer Hoyt Sep 2017 #39
We all know how the GOP will frame things. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #40
Overall, 33% of the public now favors a single payer approach to health insurance. Hoyt Sep 2017 #41
Would Medicare or Medicaid be better as a public option? white_wolf Sep 2017 #18
Medicare because Medicaid is income based ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #23
Yeah, right. It only took 30 years or so. n/t pnwmom Sep 2017 #24
I was speaking of the ACA. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #25
Quick? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #28
Another issue entirely. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #31
I'm 63 and never thought I would see legal marijuana in my lifetime Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #29
Agreed. An avalanche also starts out small and slow. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #32
And I can't believe they want to go back Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #37
Agreed. And it is moving the goalposts to the left, instead of constantly shifting to the right. guillaumeb Sep 2017 #38
And Medicare doesn't have CEOs skimming obscene salaries off the top. nt tblue37 Sep 2017 #33
But it sure has providers that do that. Hoyt Sep 2017 #35
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